I love a good book set in a distant location and solace of the road does not disappoint. The road id taken disappeared from under my feet, the mountains and castles and hills and tarmac crumbled and i was at the beginning again, back to how i left the home. Its also the kind of book that, from now on, ill be pointing anyone who doubts the quality of ya fiction towards. Tutte le categorie vai ricerca bestseller idee regalo. Its about home and belonging and making peace with the past. She is coming of age, and this is always tougheven tougher in her case. After she discovers a blond wig that seems to add years to her age, holly hits the road, bravely reinventing herself as solace, a young woman with an attitude. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd overdrive rakuten. Her first novel, a swift pure cry, was a book sense top ten pick a. But when she finds a blonde wig she is able to transform into a different character, the fearless solace. As the road unfurls forwards into her future, hollys memory starts to replay her past, leading her backwards on a painful journey of selfdiscovery. Damaged, indomitable, solace s voice unforgettable.
I started it on a train journey and couldnt stop reading it. Meg tilly returns with a second gripping romantic suspense novel set on the idyllic solace island in the pacific northwest. Holly has lived for the past seven years as a care babe, in group homes and foster placements in england. Beautifully written and achingly moving, solace of the road is the poignant and desperate story of one girls search for her mother. This book was about the travels of a teen who was 14 and then 15. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd nook book ebook. She lives in a care home but gets fostered right at the beginning of the book. Solace of the road is sad, funny, frightening, surprising and enlightening. Goodreads members who liked solace of the road also liked.
Beautifully told with an almost poetic voice at times, solace welcomes the listener into the thoughts of a young girl as she imagines, remembers, and realizes her journey through life. Solace of the road is beautifully written by siobhan dowd and tells the story of teen holly who hates her foster family, hates her school, and generally her whole life. During her journey, you fear for her, you laugh with her, youre amazed and youre worried. Bookbrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction books that not only engage and. She has also created an original character, for whom we deeply feel. I wanted to love it too and i was worried that i wouldnt. Both bog child and solace of the road have been published posthumously, and i feel that although i still have a few books of hers to read that were published prior to these two, i am already internally mourning over the loss of such a great writer. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. The book solace of the road by siobhan dowd, to say the least, was an interesting book.
Could you throw on a wig and walk out the door without looking back. A derby theatre production solace of the road fri 27 february sat 14 march 2015 starring rebecca ryan shameless, waterloo road and polly lister cooking with elvis, the borrowers with robert. Shes older, more confidentthe kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to ireland, and find her mum. Holly lies, steals, drinks, and runs away, but she shows extreme courage and even some optimism in the face of all the difficulties shes faced in her young life. She finds a wig and transforms into a completely new person solace. If youre looking for a story with emotional depth and irresistible charm, this one has all that and more. It starts when holly receives a foster placement after living most of her life in a care home.
Siobhan dowd, author of several other awardwinning ya books, tragically died of cancer at age 47. Siobhan dowd s solace of the road is the story of fourteenyearold holly hogan, a carebabe living in a home for children in search of foster families. Feb 05, 2009 solace of the road is one of the best books ive read this year. Hollys story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel with her. Her books include a mystery novel for middlegrade readers and three youngadult novels about irish teens coping with difficult family situations. Its about a young girl called holly who is adopted and unhappy in her foster family. Becoming a member of the lovereading4kids community is free. Eve harris is all set to housesit and run the bakery she shares with her sister while maggie goes on her honeymoon, but theres one problemthe house is already occupied. And she hates her life, her stupid school, and the way everyone is always on.
Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. It is the kind of novel that will leave you feeling changed. Lets pretend no one else has noticed, i soon cottoned onto the fact that finding a comprehensive list of ya travel fiction was going to be a pretty tough task. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd teenadult im still traveling with the kids and the parents in scotland and am following my goal of reading a number of books on the guardian childrens fiction prize longlist. For anna if i was where i would be, then i would be where i am not. For a teen reader, this is the perfect road trip novel. This is a book trailer i created for siobhan dowds young adult book called solace of the road 2009. Eventually the dream of reuniting with her mother and her selfloathing makes her run away, and she is lucky to find more guardian angels on the road. The one book i was most eager to read was siobhan dowds solace of the road. Holly, a 15yearold ward of the state, is placed with foster parents who, though they try very hard, cant break through the barrier she has constructed around herself, mostly to forget her early life with her uninterested mother.
Aimed at teenagers it follows holly hogan on her road trip away from her foster home to try and find her mother in ireland. This is what holly hogan does in solace of the road by siobhan dowd. Selfactualization in fiction, runaways in fiction, voyages and travels, foster home care, juvenile fiction, hitchhiking, selfactualization, fiction, runaways, hitchhiking in fiction, voyages and travels in fiction, great britain in fiction, selfactualization psychology, foster home care in fiction, reading. Holly solace is both an angry and a quite charming girl. There is no description adequate enough to give readers a feeling for what her writing is like. They might also enjoy ostrich boys by keith gray, another road trip novel, this time featuring a group of boys who need to face up to the truth about a friend, not a parent. Solace of the road by siobhan dowdsiobhan dowds novel of loss and homecoming has a lesson for us all, says frank cottrell boyce. Solace of the road book by siobhan dowd thriftbooks. Find books like solace of the road from the worlds largest community of readers. Now, when i was researching possible books for my travel month i say month, but i realise this month is overrunning somewhat.
Aug 12, 2017 the road to solace is a standalone novel and not related to any of samantha a. Sadly, solace of the road is the last book dowd wrote before she passed away in august 2007. But take a quick second and consider the situation. In the darkness, i was falling backwards to where id started my journey. She dons a blonde wig, hits the road, and becomes solace, a street smart, tough teen ready to take on the world. Solace of the road ebook king county library system. Everyone i know who has read books by siobhan dowd rates them all very highly. Memories of mum are the only thing that make holly hogan happy.
Her writing in solace of the road is gutwrenching and healing, all in the same breath. When she moves in with a new set of potential foster parents right before her 15th birthday, all she can think about is running and finding her. For readers more at home with awkward reality than sentimentality, solace of the road has a lot to offer. The plot and main character, holly hogan, took some unexpected turns as a young teen that made the book seem inappropriate for a younger audience. Solace of the road ebook por siobhan dowd 9780375893650. Solace island audiobooks listen to the full series.
It was not easy to find up here in the highlands, but i finally found one lone copy in aviemores waterstones. Apr 05, 2011 im sad because, to my knowledge, this is siobhan dowds last book. Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. Its a character driven story where the reader uncovers the history of 14yearold holly hogan. It will stay with you and charm you in ways you cannot imagine. Moments of intense pathos combine with humour to create a book of tremendous quality. At the same time, dowd has incorporated enough twists to make this a memorable story. After spending some time in a home for troubled teens, holly is sent to live in a foster home in england. Solace of the road is a novel thats ultimately full of hope.
Solace of the road by siobhan dowdsiobhan dowds novel of loss and homecoming has a lesson for us all, says frank cottrell. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd books the guardian. When she moves in with a new set of potential foster parents right before her 15th birthday, all she can think about is running and finding her way back to where she was born, and where she knows that her mother is waiting for. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd kansas city public library. S olace of the road is about a girl named holly from london. In some ways, i was a little intimdated by reading solace of the road. And she hates her life, her stupid school, and the way everyone is always on at her. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd 9780385609715hardback. Siobhan dowd holly is sick of being told what to do. Solace is defined as comfort or consolation in a time of distress, and this is a story about a girl in distress who takes solace in the the new identity that she creates for herself. Solace of the road by siobhan dowd penguin books australia. Solace of the road is a book worth readingfor teens and for adults.
Solace sets out, following the a40 from london to the edge of britain, destination. In telling the story of a foster kid, dowd in many way ways treads on familiar ground. While running away from a london foster home just before her fifteenth birthday, holly has ample time to consider her years of residential care and her early life with her irish mother, whom she is now trying to reach. After tucking her children into bed, sage checked the locks on the front door before cutting through the kitchen to the backdoor. On the road, she puts on a blonde end page 109 wig and names herself solace, but her bold new approach isnt enough to keep memories of the past from creeping in as she travels.
Solace of the road is published in the uk and the us by david fickling books, an imprint of random house. Solace of the road siobhan dowd fifteen yearold holly hogan is done with foster parents, secure units and social workers. Lee solace of the road por siobhan dowd disponible en rakuten kobo. She and her pals, grace and trim, are the streetsmartest kids in templeton house, and miko is her everdependable key worker thereor, rather, he was.
Shortlisted for the guardian childrens fiction prize 2009 beautifully written a. Solace of the road siobhan dowd read online free books. Now, with solace of the road, i am determined that that will not happen again. She hates her foster family with their toonice ways and their false sympathy. On the road, she develops into a better person and discovers more about the world around her. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Solace of the road features her typical irish flare with colorful characters leading lessthanperfect lives. What teen has not contemplated running away to live life on her own terms. There is suspense in this book about whether or not holly, or solace, will be able to find her mother, or be captured and sent to the home on the way. She puts on her blonde wig, blows herself a kiss and flutters her eyelashes. Dowd, the author of the london eye mystery bccb 408, writes with rhythm and character, and holly, with her slimslam hips, is believable in her shifts between. Hollys story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel.
Solace of the road is the second novel ive read by irish author, siobhan dowd. Solace of the road solace of the road audiobook, by siobhan dowd. What she definitely doesnt need on her road to recovery are eves efforts to fix her up with their mysterious and alluring. She captures the loneliness and desperation of solace as she searches for what most of us take for granted.
795 694 1208 357 695 710 758 571 395 872 943 1403 102 885 666 896 217 1234 400 12 1264 1207 1144 1401 733 418 247 941 145 687 1219 551 838 1289 1016